Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food

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http://www.sowal.com/bb/recipes/36219-green-smoothie.html

 

[scooterbug44]

The Scooterbug family will never be vegetarians, but being particular about what you put in your body is just good common sense.................and not as expensive or time consuming as many people <cough marketing for processed or fast food cough> would like you to think.

Eating local food, food that is in season, growing it yourself or knowing who grew it, and knowing what is being done to your meat or shooting it yourself was just normal where I grew up. That was just how you got good food and because it was actually less expensive in the long run.

And when you had a lot of one thing from a good harvest, hunt, or trip, you shared it with your neighbors - who were always happy to get "treats" that would be quite expensive or impossible to buy retail.

 

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Well said scooter buggie.

 

[30ashopper]

The Scooterbug family will never be vegetarians, but being particular about what you put in your body is just good common sense.................and not as expensive or time consuming as many people <cough marketing for processed or fast food cough> would like you to think.

Eating local food, food that is in season, growing it yourself or knowing who grew it, and knowing what is being done to your meat or shooting it yourself was just normal where I grew up. That was just how you got good food and because it was actually less expensive in the long run.

And when you had a lot of one thing from a good harvest, hunt, or trip, you shared it with your neighbors - who were always happy to get "treats" that would be quite expensive or impossible to buy retail.

Does anyone have any success with this down here? I've been struggling with the though that in order to find a large enough plot to grow a respectable garden, I might have to move out of SoWal. Property is so chopped up down here these days, it's rare you find a lot larger than a half acre.

 

[scooterbug44]

People are getting quite good production from smaller spaces with a variety of methods - container gardens, gardens on top of compost piles, mini-greenhouses etc.

Chandra or Susan can give you some great tips to maximize production.

I have a major black thumb, so I restrict myself to herbs, salad greens, peppers, potatoes, and experimenting w/ kitchen scraps, but luckily I get home grown veggies like zucchini, squash, beans, oranges, tomatoes from better gardeners.

 

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That's what we will be doing - intensive gardening and focusing on things that are grown in containers. Heck, we already are harvesting some collards and have lettuce planted and the foundation hasn't even been poured.

Scooter - that's still quite an accomplishment - all that you are growing. Good job!!